Posts Tagged: syria
How Assad Has Stayed in Power: Cunning and U.S. Fumbling
When Basil Assad, oldest son and heir apparent to the late President Hafez Assad, was killed in a car accident in 1994, the father turned...
Report: U.S. Skeptical Syria Will Get Rid of Chemical Weapons Stockpile
Officials in the United States government, citing intelligence reports, say they are skeptical that the Syrian government will fully declare its chemical weapons stockpile, CNN...
Intelligence Between Turkey, Iran in ‘Very, Very Good State’ – Iranian Ambassador
The intelligence cooperation between Turkey and Iran is in a "very, very good state," Iranian Ambassador to Turkey Alireza Bigdeli told Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News...
Syrian Woman Gives Birth in Israel, First Time Since Start of Civil War
For the first time since Syrian refugees began seeking medical attention in Israel, a woman has given birth to a child in the country. According to...
Samantha Power Vows to ‘Oppose Every Example of Anti-Israeli Bias in the UN System’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power promised attendees at the Anti-Defamation League's annual meeting on Thursday that she would "oppose every example of...
Israeli Security Official: Assad Still Transferring Advanced Weaponry to Hezbollah
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has not given up on his effort to move advanced weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah, behavior Israel considers to be crossing a...
Syria Has Destroyed Chemical Weapons Production Facilities, Organization In Charge of Oversight Says
Washington Post - Syria has rendered its declared chemical weapons production facilities inoperable, the organization in charge of overseeing the nation's chemical weapons...
Report: Israeli Air Force Struck Syrian Military Base
JNS.org - Media outlets in Syria and Lebanon have linked Israel with a loud explosion heard on Wednesday night at a Syrian military base near the...
The Syrian War is Not What Romantics Want it to Be
Not saying that it will happen -- not even that it might. But if you don't watch the confluence of events in Syria, you'll miss the...
Report: Israel Bombs Hezbollah-Bound Missile Shipment
JNS.org - The Israel Air Force once again prevented a shipment of advanced missiles to Hezbollah along the Syrian-Lebanese border, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida...
Netanyahu to Kerry: Iran Shouldn’t Have Enrichment, Plutonium Heavy Water Capabilities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at a meeting in Rome, that Iran must end its nuclear...
Al Qaeda-Linked Rebels Attempt to Capture Syrian Christian Village
JNS.org - Al-Qaeda-linked rebels are attempting to capture the ancient Syrian Christian village of Sadad. The assault on Sadad began on Monday when rebels from...
Saudi Arabia Declines UN Security Council Seat
JNS.org - In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia has refused to accept its election to a seat on the United Nations Security Council. As its reasons...
Assad Says Syria Doesn’t Need Chemical Weapons Against Israel
Times of Israel - Syria has shifted the focus of its military industry from Israel to the internal insurgency, President Bashar Assad told a...
